6mths and my DD's ear peircing is still not healed!

Well that was 6mths ago and they are still not healed. I think she has a metal allergy and that was complicating things. She was pierced w/ a gun(to my dismay....due to the laws in our state no child under the age of 16 can be pierced with a needle even w/ parent consent). We took her back 3mths ago and had the studs replaced w/ asurgical stainless steel hoop. It is better. One ear is healed. But the other will not figgin heal!

Anything else we can try besides the saline washes and the sea salt soaks? We are going to observe her to make sure she is doing it right, and we are going to start changing her pillow case three times a week as well.

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I have had multiple piercings and have metal allergies. While I was able to keep the piercings I never felt they healed completely. They were always easily irritated no matter what kind of metal I used.

DD's did the same. Took forever for even one to heal. Then we ran into either a metal sensitivity or just really cheap earrings that set her ears on fire. We just kept then clean and dry and waited patiently. Its been a little over a year and she's just now able to go without earrings without worrying about the hole closing.

My youngest had hers done 3 years ago and the never healed right even though we did everything right. After trying lots of different kinds of earrings she asked if she could just leave them out for good and we did. However it seems ever few weeks the holes get red and puffy and gross. I have to squeeze out the yuck and then treat the infection. We can't figure out why it keeps happening.